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Maroon and Gold
Wednesday, October 1, 1959
Editorials
Two's Company . • •
Last year many male dormitory students were very
distressed because they would have to live in a room
with two other students instead of the usual one. Fur
ther angered by the fact that the rooms were barely
large enough to accomodate two people, they started
asking questions. However, they did not receive many
answers until this year. The students have been notified
that too many acceptances from the admissions office
is the primary reason.
Many students do not feel this way; they believe the
college is trying to make as much money as possible.
After a lengthy and rational analysis of the situation,
though, it seems only logical that the college desires
to give as many students as possible a chance to edu
cate themselves.
There are four possible solutions to alleviate this
problem. The most obvious one is to accept a fewer
number of applicants; i.e., revise the standards one
must meet to be admitted to Elon, This approach would
make every accepted Elon student happy — he would
have only one roommate.
The second possible solution is to allow male mem
bers of the junior class (whether or not they are twen
ty-one) to live off campus. This would decrease the
dormitory problems considerably.
The third approach is to refund money to students
who are living in rooms with three people. It only
seems fair that a student should not be required to pay
the same fee for an overcrowded room as for a semi
private room. At present the students are refunded only
ten dollars.
The fourth suggestion is the appointmentof a student-
administration committee to study the problem and
formalize any conclusions or suggestions regardingti'ie
matter. Whichever of the above suggestions (or any
others that one may have) will be decided upon is dif
ficult to say. Nonetheless, one thing is certain: the
problem should be solved in order for the students in
volved to get the best education they can.
Forum For Fools
However petty it may seem, there must be some
comment on the recent “Kangaroo Court” stagedbythe
S.G.A, This meeting did not solve anything; as a mat
ter of fact, it probably caused more harm than good.
True, the people Involved (the upperclassmen, anyway)
enjoyed themselves, and everything that occurred was
meant as fun.
This type of entertainment, however, is rather puerile
and grammar school-like. It also invites animosity
between the freshm en and the upperclassm en, som ething
that should not happen. Perhaps the S.G.A. should con
cern itself more with intelligent means of rapport be
tween the classes, instead of inane horseplay that
tends to destroy any hope for school unity.
piortis of ^nepiraiiott
By Marvin Morgan
Inasmuch as it was re
quested, I will write brief
sermonettes that will ap
pear in this paper every
other week. In the ser
monettes 1 will attempt
to provide the reader with
at least one basic chal
lenge, which if accepted,
will enrich his life. I will
not attempt to point an ac
cusing finger at anyone,
because I realize if I
should do so, I will be
pointing four fingers back
at myself. 1 welcome any
criticism or comments
or suggestions from the
reader. Your reaction
will determine the suc
cess of this column.
A few days ago I ap
proached a young man
who seemed very upset.
For our purposes here,
we’ll call him “James.”
In a joking manner, I
said to him, “You look
as though you’ve lost your
last friend,” I was aston
ished when he replied,
“1 have I Haven’t you
heard? People don’t like
Hippies!”
James had applied for
several jobs, each of
which had seemed a cer
tain success. However,
each time he went in for
an interview, he was turn
ed down because he wore
long hair, a beard, and
sandals.
One week ago he was
dismissed from one of his
classes for the same rea
sons. Just prior to our
conversation, someone
whom he sat beside in
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Democratic Convention Is
Setting For ‘Medium Cool’
In order to stimulate
thought from its readers,
the Maroon and Gniri wel
comes all professors to
submit articles of inter
est in the form of a fa
culty column. Columns
may be sent to campus
box 2269.
Maroon and Gnlrl wel
comes all letters~to the
editor. It reserves the
right, however, to edit
any letters for grammat
ical errors, for reasons
of libel, for good taste,
and for length.
By A1 Zink
The 1968 Democratic
Convention in Chicago
was the battlefield of con
troversy that led to the
production of a new movie
release, “Medium Cool.”
Robert Foster, who
played the central char
acter as a newspaper
cameraman, has appear
ed in one other major film
called, “Stalking the
Moon,” Verna Bloom,who
is best known for her role
in the Broadway Produc
tion of "Marat/Sade,”
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l -ee Loy. John Park, Marvin Morgan
Member of Intercollegiate Press
plays the part of an Ap
palachian widow lost in
the Ghetto of Chicago.
A romance between the
cameraman and widow is
a binding catalyst
throughout the somewhat
complicated story.
The movie was filmed
on location without the
use of any studio scenes,
and the dialogue was re
corded as it was actual
ly spoken by people in the
ghettos, and by those par
ticipating in the riots.
Scenes were filmed in the
International Amphithea
tre where the Convention
took place, at Grant Park
where the major rioting
occurred, in a disco
theque, at a roller der
by, in the ghetto homes
of the Black Militants,
in the hills of Kentucky,
and in many other unus
ual sections of this coun
try.
The photography in this
film was spectacular be
cause the photographers
risked the tear gas,
bricks, clubs, and bullets
to get a close up of the
which occurred on
the streets of Chicago.
Wexler has torn deeply
“Bird*” Attack
at S. F. State
SAN FRANCISCO — (C
PS) — Mass attacks upon
students by militant black
birds at the San Francis
co State campus has caus
ed some suspicion that
producer Alfred Hitch
cock may have been fore
shadowing things to come
in his thriller, “The
Birds.”
Amateur ornithologist
Alberto Duro, an author
ity on Italian birds, su
spects that the birds get
drunk on a type of berry
that ripens in the spring
and summer months on
the campus. Resident
radical ornithologist Paul
Kangas says the birds are
using guerilla tactics.The
birds, according to Kan
gas, have a sense of ter
ritoriality and fly at the
backs of peoples’ heads
during the nesting and
mating seasons.
“They will not attack if
you look them in the eye,”
assures the bird -
into the guts of the estab
lishment, and through the
fine acting of Robert Fos
ter and Verna Bloom
many citizens may ques
tion , “America the
, Bemififu]”?
the cafeteria got up and
moved because he, too
obviously did not like boys
with long hair.
I found James to be a
very nice person,. His per
sonality certainly seemed
to be that of a Christian
gentleman.
This reminded me of a
story I once heard con
cerning a “census tak
er.” This census taker
was working in and around
Jerusalem. One day while
walking along a rural road
he met a man who had a
full beard and hair down
to his shoulders. He wore
dusty sandals on his feet
and a robe that was just
thrown around his body
because it did not appear
to have any seams. After
avoiding a handshake, the
census taker began his
usual routine of asking
questions.
He asked, “What is
your occupation?” The
man answered, “I mjst
work the works of Him
that sent me,...” (John
9:40)
“Do you have any sav
ings?”
“Save not up for your
selves treasures upon
earth, where moth and
rust doth corrupt, and
where thieves break
through and steal.” (Matt.
6:19)
“Where do you live?
Don’t you have a home?”
“Foxes have holes, and
birds of the air have nest;
but I have nowhere to
lay my head.” (Matt 8:20)
The census taker, as
suming that he knew all
he needed to know, took
out a pencil and pad and
began to write. “Speci
men works for someone
else — a servant; no
savings — insecure ; no
home — hobo; one gar
ment, sandals, long hair
and beard — obviously
hippie.”
The census taker be
gan to walk off but stop
ped suddenly and asked;
the man with the beard,
long hair, dusty sandals
and robe thrown around
his body, “Oh, by the
way, what is your name?”
This same man who has
just been classified as a
hippie and hobo answer
ed, “Some call me the
Son of Man.”
Of course,you wouldn’t
refuse to allow Christ to
eat with you, neither
would you deny him a job
with your company or a
seat in your class. But
would you do it to James?
Look around you — a
“James” may be in your
midst.
“In as much as ye have
done it unto one of the
least of these my bre
thren, ye have done it
unto me.” (Matt. 25:40)
watcher. Seems they do
fear an eyeball to eye
ball confrontation.
The Peace Corps has app'>inlt^^
at '*asl nine former
country direciors; six of theni
were named while sdll in their
Iwenties, Oircctor Ja',:k Vciuijhti
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